Holder for ink or other substances



(No Model.)

P. LINDBMEY-R, Jr.. HOLDER FR NK 0R OTHER SUBSTANCES.

No. 680,052.v

Patented Apr. 6. 1897.

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` UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

PHILIP LINDEMEYER, JR., OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

HOLDER FOR INK OR OTHER SUBSTANCES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 580,052, dated April 6,1897.

Application filed October 7, 1896. Serial No. 608,119. (No model.)

T all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP LINDEMEYER, Jr., a resident of Baltimore, inthe State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Holders for Ink or other Substances; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use the same.

The invention relates to holders for printers ink and like substances,and has for its object to provide for the easy and suitablyregulateddischarge of the contents of the holder and to preclude evaporation orhardening of the contents; and the invention consists in theconstruction hereinafter described and particularly pointedout.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical section of anink-holder, and Fig. 2 is a partial section. Fig. 3 is a partial sectionof a modified detail.

Numeral l denotes the body of the holder, provided with a cap 2. Saidcap is preferably made removable, as by a screw-thread connection withthe body, to facilitate charging the holder. It is provided with adischarging mouth or nozzle 3, preferablyscrewthreaded to receive ascrew-cap 4.

The parts thus described are of known form and can be spun or formed outof sheet metal in any usual or convenient manner.

The cap 2 is by preference made easily removable to provide for theconvenient refilling and reuse of the holder and is an important featurein cases designed for viscous and semifluid substances. Such substances,however, are more conveniently discharged through a nozzle of less size.The cap can be connected to the holder in any known manner.

5 indicates a movable bottom provided with a packing or friction ring 6.This bottom is conveniently made of wood and the packing of metal orrubber seated in a circumferential groove 7, formed therein. The objectof the packing is to hold the bottom at any elevation to which it may bepushed Within the holder, and its purpose and function are to insuresufficient friction. Any known means for effecting the said object maybe employed.

S denotes an ink-holding sack, which may be made of Manila-rope paper orother paper or of cloth, leather, or other suitable flexible wood,placed within it and tacked or otherwise fastened to said bottom. Thefoot of the sack is distended by the disk, which also affords a secureand convenient means for connecting the sack and bottom. The sack is bypreference provided at its open end with a fold 10, within which theedge of the holder is inserted before the cover 2 is fastened thereon.By this means the mouth of the sack is securely held fully open. In somecases the edge of the sack-mouth can be bent or stretched over the edgeof the holder-body without previously forming a turned-back fold 10. Theupper end of the sack packs the joint between the cap and holder. Thesack being filled with any desired material and held'within the box orholder in the manner specied is emptied by pushing up the movable bottom5 with the effect to force out of the open nozzle 3 more or less of itscontents, as desired. When the holder is thus partially emptied, themovable bottom maintains the position to which it is pushed (see Fig. 2)in the discharging operation, and it holds the superincumbent contentsvof the holder in a compact mass pressed against the Walls and cover ofthe holder, thus precluding either evaporation or the entrance of air,by which the contents might be injured. In the case of ink this isimportant to prevent alteration of its consistency and particularly toprevent such change on its surface whereby an objectionable skin wouldbe formed.

The holders can in practice be made of uniform or standard sizessufficient to hold one, two, or more pounds or any desired quantity eachof inks, paints, or other materials and may be made large enough to holdin the desired quantity those grades or kinds having the least specificgravity. o Provision can be made for heavier grades by suitablyadjusting the movable friction-held bottom.

The use of the impervious sack in the manner described effectuallyprevents leakage by creeping or by pressure due to evaporation orexpansion, and it obviates the necessity of a very exact and close jointbetween the bottom and the holder. These parts, therefore, can becheaply made without tooling and ont of cheap material. The sack alsoobviates the drying of material in a practically-emptied holder, wherebyits reuse would be rendered inconvenient, if not impracticable.

Having described my invention, what I claim is l. In a holder for ink orother materials, the combination of a body, a movable bottom, and aflexible sack secured to said bottom and having its open mouth attachedto the body, by means of a cover, the sack packing the joint between thecover and body, substantially as described.

2. In a holder for ink or other materials, the combi nation of abody, amovable bottom,

a friction-ring to hold the bottom in any situation desired, and aflexible sack secured to said bottom and having its open mouth attachedto the body, the bottom of the sack being distended by an internal di'skand said disk attached both to the sack and the movable bottom,substantially as described.

3. In a holder for ink or other materials, the combination of a body, amovable bottom, a flexible sack secured to said bottom and having,` itsopen mouth'removably attached to the body of the holder, and a removablecap 2 provided with a discharge-nozzle 3, closed by a suitable stopper,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

PHILIP LINDEMEYER, JR.

W'itnesses:

FRANK D. BLAcKisToNE, BENJ. R. CA'rLIN.

